Embarking on a journey to understand farsightedness, or hyperopia, means confronting a world that often appears frustratingly unfocused and blurry. At Brinton Vision, we recognize the challenges and frustrations that come with this condition. Whether it’s the strain of trying to read a book, the headache that comes after a day’s work, or the inconvenience …
Cost of RLE Surgery St. Louis
In the United States alone, over 800,000 refractive surgeries like LASIK and PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) are performed annually. RLE, or refractive lens exchange, is one of the most popular and misunderstood procedures. The eye loses its capacity to focus on close-up objects as the natural lens inside the eye starts to stiffen up as we …
Brinton Vision wins First Place Prize in the 2022 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Headliner Award
Brinton Vision, located in Creve Coeur, Missouri was recently named Best Eye Care Facility by the STL Headliners program. The readers of St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com casted votes to nominate favorites and winners in over 150 categories. The Hartford All-Star Award was given to the company that received the most votes in the entire …
Custom Lens Replacement (CLR) vs. Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE)
Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE), also known as Custom Lens Replacement (CLR), provides a precise and long-lasting remedy for vision changes brought on by aging in your natural lens. Patients who have had RLE say it is like turning back the clock, giving you a more youthful field of vision, while preventing cataracts in the future. …
How Long Does It Take to Recover from Custom Lens Replacement Surgery?
Refractive lens exchange (RLE), also known as custom lens replacement surgery, is a type of vision correction procedure in which one or both of the natural lenses of the eye are replaced with a focused artificial lens. This intraocular lens (IOL) corrects eye prescription issues such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, and is an alternative …